Beta, beta-dialkylethylmercaptoethoxylates as new compounds

Abstract

Beta,beta-dialkylethylmercaptoethoxylates as new compounds.

We claim: 
     
       1. Novel beta,beta-dialkylethylmercaptoethoxylates selected from the group of dialkylethylmercaptoethoxylates of the following structural formulas: ##STR13## wherein R 1  and R 2 , the same or different, are alkyl substituents having from one to ten carbon atoms, with the number of carbon atoms in R 1  + R 2  totaling 10, 14 or 16, and ##STR14## wherein R 3  and R 4 , the same or different, are alkyl substituents having from two to ten carbon atoms, with the total number of carbon atoms in R 3  + R 4  totaling 12, and n is an integer greater than 3. 
     
     
       2. Novel beta,beta-dialkylethylmercaptoethoxylates of the following structural formula: ##STR15## wherein R 1  and R 2 , the same or different, are alkyl substituents having from one to ten carbon atoms, with the number of carbon atoms in R 1  + R 2  totaling 10, 14 or 16 and n is an integer greater than 3. 
     
     
       3. Novel beta,beta-dialkylethylmercaptoethoxylates of the following structural formula: ##STR16## wherein R 3  and R 4 , the same or different, are alkyl substituents, having from two to ten carbon atoms, with the total number of carbon atoms in R 3  + R 4  totaling 12 and n is an integer greater than 3. 
     
     
       4. The compounds of claim 2 wherein the total number of carbon atoms in R 1  + R 2  is 10. 
     
     
       5. The compounds of claim 2 wherein the total number of carbon atoms in R 1  + R 2  is 14. 
     
     
       6. The compounds of claim 2 wherein the total number of carbon atoms in R 1  + R 2  is 16. 
     
     
       7. The compounds of claim 2 wherein n is an integer from 8 to 26. 
     
     
       8. The compounds of claim 2 wherein n is an integer from 8 to 16. 
     
     
       9. The compounds of claim 3 wherein n is an integer from 8 to 26. 
     
     
       10. The compounds of claim 3 wherein n is an integer from 8 to 16. 
     
     
       11. The compounds of claim 4 wherein n is an integer from 8 to 16. 
     
     
       12. The compounds of claim 5 wherein n is an integer from 8 to 16. 
     
     
       13. The compounds of claim 6 wherein n is an integer from 8 to 16.